DirecTV to Add Local HD Channels in 16 Markets

April 13, 2011

EL SEGUNDO, CALIF.: DirecTV will add local HD broadcast signals in 16
additional markets, beginning this summer, the satellite service provider said
this week. Of the new markets, 15 will receive local channels from DirecTV for
the first time. By the end of 2011, it will offer local-channel access to 99
percent of U.S. TV homes, covering 190 markets across the country, including
local HD in 174 of those markets, the company said. The new HD markets are: